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Representing mountain landscapes in English travel literature of the 18th century in comparative perspective
Štětka, Ondřej ; Daniel, Ondřej (advisor) ; Power, Martina (referee)
This thesis deals with the image of mountains, mountain landscape and nature in selected English travelogues of the eighteenth century describing journeys to four different areas - the Alpine region, the Scottish Highlands, the Irish mountain ranges and Wales. These destinations are looked at as distinct cognitive frameworks or social contexts for perception of the same or similar - i.e., mountainous - type of landscape. The aim of the thesis is to identify, present and explain the similarities and differences in the description and evaluation of such landscape between the areas, i.e., contexts. The main part of the text consists of five chapters: the first four are each focused on one of the above-mentioned destinations and presents the main trends in the description of the local mountain landscape mentioned in the analyzed travelogues about the area. In the last chapter, based on the comparison of the findings on the perception of each of the destinations, the main similarities and differences in the description and evaluation of the mountain landscape between these regions - i.e., various frameworks - are presented and explained. Key words Mountains, landscape, space, nature, travelogues, travellers, Great Britain, 18th century.
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Alpine Landscape from English travel literature ( the first half of the 18th century)
Štětka, Ondřej ; Klusáková, Luďa (advisor) ; Janáč, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to trace the image of mountains, mountain landscape and nature in selected English/British travelogues and correspondence from the first half of the 18th century containing accounts of their authors' travels to the Alpine region. Firstly, the author of the thesis briefly outlines general development of the European attitude towards mountains before the half of the 18th century. After that he introduces each of the texts and their authors individually and then examines and compares them regarding chiefly the way of mentioning, describing or valuation of mountains and mountain landscape. Finally, he presents his findings and tries to confront them with some general theses on development of the perception of mountains, nature and landscape. Key words Mountains, Alps, landscape, nature, 18th century, English/British, travellers, travelogues.
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